Event

THE WIND co-presented by REIGN OF TERROR

If you loved Shriek: Women in Horror, get ready to dive deeper, illuminating the darker corners of culture through dialogue and film.

Seattle's Film Maven is partnering with The Grand Illusion for her new project: Heather Marie's REIGN OF TERROR! Engage with expert panelists who will lead the audience in discussion after screening a film that exemplifies each panel theme.

The next Reign of Terror is May 24th, at the beautiful Grand Illusion Cinema! After a screening of the dark and desolate festival darling THE WIND(2018), Heather will be joined by Dr. Stevi Costa, aka Sailor St. Claire to breakdown new feminist horror, questions of reality, and things that go bump in the night.

Bring your curious mind and prepare to be terrorized!

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THE WINDEmma Tammi / 2019, USA88min / digital

An unseen evil haunts the homestead in this chilling, folkloric tale of madness, paranoia, and otherworldly terror. Lizzy (Caitlin Gerard) is a tough, resourceful frontierswoman settling a remote stretch of land on the 19th-century American frontier. Isolated from civilization in a desolate wilderness where the wind never stops howling, she begins to sense a sinister presence that seems to be borne of the land itself, an overwhelming dread that her husband (Ashley Zukerman) dismisses as superstition. When a newlywed couple arrives on a nearby homestead, their presence amplifies Lizzy's fears, setting into motion a shocking chain of events. Masterfully blending haunting visuals with pulse-pounding sound design, director Emma Tammi evokes a godforsaken world in which the forces of nature come alive with quivering menace.

"This horror Western about a woman dealing with prairie paranoia, wild animals and possibly a demon blows a serious chill through you." Rolling Stone